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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 213

West Australian Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 11

Good yields of gold, reported by the State batteries, are as follows (our Perth correspondent telegraphs):—Coolgardie battery: Ground Lark claim, Larkinville, 38½ tons for…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 11

Mining shares continued to weaken for the most part on Saturday. Barriers again reacted in decided fashion. Norths, with 150 sold, fell /101 to 42/l½, and others lost ground in…

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Premier Comes to Miners' Aid Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

COMPLAINTS have been made by the Northern Miners' Federation regarding the manner in which the…

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Pope's Gold Telephone Vatican City 102

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 6

The new automatic telephone system to be inaugurated at the Vatican City will, it is claimed, be the most efficient in the world…

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Mine Explosion. Heroic Rescue Work. LONDON, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 9

Rescuers at the Haig Pit colliery, where an explosion occurred, declare that many of the bodies were so blackened that they were almost indistinguishable from the ground. The…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Australian Cement Yellow Cabs

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

Cement Merger--First Year Reviewing the report and financial statement of Australian Cement, Ltd., at the annual meteing, the…

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Five Gold Medals State Cannery Leeton Fruits at Leicester Imperial Show

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 6

THE Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, expresses his gratification that the State Cannery at Leeton obtained five gold…

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Twenty-six Killed in Mine Explosion Poison Affects Many London, Sunday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

Twenty-eight men were lost in a mining explosion which occurred at Cumberland. In a message from Sandringham…

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The Sensational Star of "Gold Diggers of Broadway" Coming to the Cinema in New Picture

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

Winnie Lightner, the happy-go-lucky tomboy of Broadway, wins real screen honors in "She Couldn't Say No," the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone all-talking…

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Mines and Mining Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 14

Driving continues at 1180 feet level. The reef is small in the drive, with a little gold seen occasionally. At the 1020 feet level, stoping is on a small reef and values…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 8

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Tungsten Mine Reopened. Burrowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 10

Work has commenced at the tungsten mine at Frogmore, near Burrowa. The mine has been dormant for more than 10 years, capital has been subscribed by a local syndicate…

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Mine Company to Pay Wheeler's Claim

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

John Davies Cooper of 13 Stewart Street, Balmain, wheeler, who was injured at the Balmain mine on June 2, 1930, while lifting a skip which had…

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Gold and the Interest Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 11

Mr. W. R. Carpenter writes:— Sir,—During August last you published my addrecs to shareholders which included by personal views on exchange rates and the…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 11

In a quiet mining share market yesterday prices were chiefly firmer. Though some of the rise was lost in afternoon quotations. Barrlers, on the strength of their use for the…

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Mining Leases. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 10

Replying ta a proposal by the Wombal Labour League that no miner should hold more than two acres as a mining lease, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said that…

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Miners' Strike. Demand for Concession. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 10

The men employed at the Zig Zag colliery refused to begin work to-day, on the ground that they were entitled to be paid for a day's shift last week. The wheelers and shiftmen…

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Northern Miners' Chief's Tenth Term NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

Mr. T. Hosre was re-elected president of the northern district branch of the Miners' Federation by a majority of 397 votes over Mr. A. Teece. This…

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Search for Gold. New Association's Objectives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 8

The committee of the Gold Search Association, which h[?]s been formed to stimulate gold mining with a view to relieving unemployment and assisting Australia out of her financial…

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Unions' Merger A.W.U. & Miners Discuss Constitution

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

The A.W.U convention was addressed to-day by Messrs Rees and Davies, regarding the means for amalgamation of the A.W.U. and the Miners'…

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